Monday, April 27, 2009

This is the chair I sat and read in most of the weekend.A terrible picture of the pretty little tree.Okay I don't have a patch.

I have one little paw paw tree, or is that Papaw?

I'd have to look it up.

I am trying to find another little tree. You need two for fruit. I got this one from an older gentleman who lives in the neighborhood. He is related to paw paw/papaw growers in Ohio. Evidently they provide the fruits to restaurants around the country. I haven't seen this gentleman for a few years. My mother is trying to contact him for me to see if he has any of the trees to sell this year.

Why am I even going on about paw paw/papaw trees? Mine Bloomed this year! For the first time.

Last week I had an allergic reaction to some guys aftershave while I was in the bookstore for Odd Tuesday. Yes, I have "issues". Evidently that reaction opened me up to infection...

I Lost my voice by Weds. evening. Thursday I called into work and then crawled back into bed and even had Jordan pick Mariah up from school. I just couldn't stay awake and I had no voice. Try answering a phone in a whisper.

Friday, I had an appointment to have labs drawn at the doctor and they kindly fit me in to see the Nurse who filled me up with meds. because the virus was leading to a sinus infection. It is now Monday. I finally have a little bit of a voice. However, I am not talking when I don't absolutely need too. This Laryngitis thing is really a hassle. Five days of no voice. I am ready to talk again.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Which just so happens to be very close to one of my favorite fiber shops: The Mannings.

What a pleasant place.

This time I even spun on a few wheels and fell in love with the Ladybug Wheel. Don't know if it is in my future or not, but I really enjoyed spinning on it. Easy to treadle and enough ratio's to make me happy. The price is pretty too.

I of course participated in stash enhancement. The cotton yarn came from a high profile hobby shop.(I have been requested to knit some dishcloths) The square sock needles and the flat feet came from Uncommon Threads in York.

The spinning fiber, and the Noro sock yarn and Trekking sock yarn came from The Mannings.

Not shown is Mariah's new wooden needles and silk merino lace weight yarn and pattern for the shawl she has decided to knit. That all came from The Mannings too.

On another note, I took my Kindle on the trip. Not only could I read books I had downloaded, but if I knew an exact web page address I could read online. I spent hours in the car and in the house reading online! Without dial up costs or WiFi. I am so glad they have that experimental section on Kindle. Their Whisper Net works Even in the Mountains of Maryland. It was great.

My Kindle is version 1. The Newest Kindle came out a few months ago. Check out the web site.

The interesting thing is that the handbook doesn't tell you everything you can do with your Kindle. I downloaded a $4. book onto the Kindle that tells how to download books from free sites and how to use the Experimental section of the menu.

If you want to see all the relatives check out my flickr account for an amazing amount of pictures. Gosh those kids have all grown! Everyone missed seeing Jordan. The visits with relatives were much too short.

Some knitting was accomplished. Part of a sock on the way up and cotton dishcloths on the way back to KY.

Viki

wants to go to The Woolery, which has relocated to Frankfort KY only 45 minutes away!